Waste holder or check for journal-boxes.



E.A ARMSTRONG. WASTE HOLDER 0R ACHECK FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

y APPLICATION FILED DEC. I6. ISIS 1,232,644, Patented Ju1y1o,191z.

ERNEST anMsTnoNe, or mEncnANTv'ILLE, NEW mnsmf.

WASTE HOLDER OR CHECK FOR JOURNAL-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Juiy 1o, 1917.

Application led December 16, 1916. Serial No. 137,849.

\ To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ERNEST ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merchantville, in the county of Camden and State of N ew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waste Holders or Checks for Journal-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a waste holder or check for journal boxes and has for its object to provide means for holding the waste in a journal box directly under the journal.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide means orreducing the quantity of waste necessary for use in a journal box.

A still further object of the inventionis to provide means for protecting the waste in a journal box, from grit, dust andother 1reign matter which may enter the journal l XL" With the above and other objects in view,

v I have invented the device shown, in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the waste check, and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a journal'box showing the application of my invention. Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following speciiication Aand in the views in the drawings, in `which 1 indicates a journal box of the common type used on railway cars, am] 2 is the journal projecting thereinto, The waste is held in place under the journal by means? of my waste check, 4 which consists of 'a plate A5 lshaped to fitthe contour of the lower part of the journal box and in the present instance is semi-circular with its upper horizontal edge off-set to form a seat 6, for a wood bearing member Tirana side 8. of which projects beyond the lnr( surface 9, of the plate 5, and against the ein? 10, of the jour nal 2, whereby the of Contact with the journal. 11, shaped to the lcontour ofthe end 12,'of the box 2, has a right angular end 13, riveted to the outer surface of plate five (5), whereby said plate is held firmly against the end of the journal, thus preventing the waste from moving 'for-ward," and keeping it free from grit, and dirt, which Vmay enter through the, door 14. Thus the journal is cmd this mit my be huma for tal plate 5, is held out A metal strip.

protected from gritty substances which often cause hot boxes.

The check 4, also does away with the necessity of lilling the entire outer part 15, of the box 2, with waste. While my waste check may be easily removed, or replaced at -will, it does not interfere with an inspection,

position, and a wood edge member on said plate.

2. In a journal box, a check for holding the waste in position, said check consisting of a plate shaped to the transverse contour of the box, means 'for holding the plate in position. a wood edge member on said plate and a seat formed on the plate for said member.

3. In a journal box, a check for holding the Waste in position,I said check consisting of a plate shaped to the transverse contour of the box and means for holding the plate in position, said means consisting of a metallic strip.

4. In a journal box, a check for holding the waste in position, said check consisting of a plate shaped to the transverse contour of the box and means for holding the plate in position, said means consisting of a metallic strip shaped to seat against one end of said box.

In a journal box a check for holding the waste in position, said check consisting of a plate shaped to the transverse contour of the box and means for holding the plate ERNEST ARMsTRONG. Witnesses ELsIE P. DUNN, THOMAS Roamsorr.V

ave. cents each, by addressing the 'ominioner of Intenta, Washington, D. 0. l 

